Keywords: Theater costumes
Item 33480
Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1926 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative
Item 109052
Students in 'Twelfth Night' costumes, Farmington Normal School, 1918
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1918 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic image
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Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… kept busy learning lines, building sets, sewing costumes and creating lighting. Many actors gained the performance experience they needed in this…"
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
"… were bare bones concerts without the pageantry of costumes, sets, or a full orchestra. Some of the participants had been professional musicians…"
